Leonid Kmit

Leonid Kmit

Leonid Aleksandrovich Kmit (born Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kmita; Russian: Алексей Александрович Кмита́; 9 March 1908 – 11 March 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor. In 1931 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (SPbGATI), where he studied in the acting class of Yevgeny Chervyakov. In 1936 he was invited to join the Russian Army Theatre's company. In 1957 he became an actor of the Screen Actors Theater in Moscow.

Kmit performed in more than thirty films from 1929 to 1982. He is best known for his performance as Petka in Chapaev.

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Star Inspector	reporter
1964	Come Here, Mukhtar!	Stepan
1960	Michman Panin	Savichev, non-commissioned officer
1953	Hostile Whirlwinds	policeman
1951	Taras Shevchenko	Captain Obriadin
1950	Brave People	handicapper
1939	Commandant of the Bird Island	sailor Kositsyn
1934	Chapaev	Petka
	Lieutenant Kijé	copyist

External links

• Leonid Kmit at IMDb